<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-19. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
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               <span class="ital">Attack</span> means a direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, its environs
               or of the nation, by the forces of a hostile nation or the agents thereof, including
               an assault by:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Bombing, conventional or nuclear;
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Chemical or biological warfare;
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  Sabotage; or
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  Other weapons or processes.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Civil preparedness</span> means:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Those plans, actions and procedures necessary to provide protection to the people
                  against the loss of life, injury and the loss or damage to property caused by natural
                  phenomena or manmade causes such as war, insurrection, riot or accidents; and
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Those measures necessary to:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  Mitigate the effects of the destructive forces of man and nature;
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  Provide for response to disaster conditions and for the relief of suffering and hardship
                  resulting from such conditions; and
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Initiate the rehabilitation of persons and the restoration of essential services and
                  acceptable standards of living (G.S. 166-2(1)).
                  
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               <span class="ital">Civil preparedness forces</span> means:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  The employees, equipment and facilities of all county departments, boards, councils,
                  institutions and commissions; and
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  All volunteer personnel, equipment and facilities contributed by, or obtained from,
                  volunteer persons or agencies.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Civil preparedness volunteer</span> means any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the coordinator of
               the county civil preparedness agency and assigned to participate in the civil preparedness
               activity.
               
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               <span class="ital">Coordinator</span> means the coordinator of the county civil preparedness agency, appointed as prescribed
               in this article.
               
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               <span class="ital">County</span> means all areas within the boundaries of Hyde County, North Carolina.
               
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               <span class="ital">Disaster</span> includes, but is not limited to:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  Any actual or threatened enemy attack or sabotage;
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  Any extraordinary fire, flood, storm or epidemic; or
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  Any other impending or actual calamity endangering or threatening to endanger health,
                  life, property or constituted government.
                  
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               <span class="ital">Regulations</span> includes plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed essential to civil
               preparedness.
               
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               <span class="ital">Volunteer</span> means contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the civil preparedness agency
               without remuneration.
               
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               (Ord. No. 3, Â§ 3, 2-2-1976)
               
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